Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1780–90
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In Egypt, which increased the cost of fuels by up to 30 percent, mother-of-six Om Mohamed fretted about the future.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Om is said to be the mantra describing the sound of the universe.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
"I'm facing breathing trouble. It feels like something is stuck in my throat," said resident Om Prakash Singh.
From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2023
“While coming down, he slipped and fell in a crevasse between Camp 3 and Camp 2,” his father, Om Prakash, told the newspaper.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
And at that moment, in that splendid hour, after his wonderful sleep, permeated with Om, how could he help but love someone and something.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
The places reached by steamers are marked St.; while Om. signifies Omnibus, in cases where there is no very available railway route.
From Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood by Anonymous
My father, Tom, was Scottish and worked as a vice president at O.M.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
We at O.M. reached agreement with Newcastle, but we also talked with other English clubs.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2013
During the Eisenhower visit in January the police made a spectacular haul in Milan's O.M.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back in his old place as Leader of the Opposition for the first time since 1940, Clement Attlee, O.M., listened as Mr. Speaker read the King's Speech outlining the Tory government's new policy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, take the case of a bad boy who— O.M.
From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain
OM host Newcastle in the Champions League on Tuesday, with Greenwood expected to start.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
“On the other hand, the OM directorate cannot accept personal threats. Its members cannot tolerate individual attacks and any form of unfounded public defamation.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
One of the giant trolls is located in Davagh Forest beside the OM Dark Sky Park.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2023
Sure, you could try to approximate a slider-like movement with an OM 5, but unless you’ve got some serious skills, the final shot probably won’t look quite right.
From The Verge ● Feb. 1, 2022
In India it was forbidden to pronounce the word AUM or OM, the Sacred Name of the One Deity, manifested as Brahma, Vishna, and Seeva.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
Merkel grew up in a car family and has carried that passion into adulthood, amassing a collection of vehicles at his home in the Ponderosa neighborhood near the Phillips Creek Trailhead om Spokane County.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
The use of the sound "om," and the Sanskrit-based word "namaste" are also still banned.
From BBC ● May 21, 2021
Fighting persists in the region’s rural areas even as Ethiopian authorities insist the situation om Tigray is returning to normal.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 22, 2021
In the mix are slender diamond-studded Gothic crosses, the symbol for om, crescent moons and traditional motifs protecting against the evil eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2018
Why does a memory like that ff om childhood remain with me so strongly, and why does it frighten me now?
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
The 39-foot-tall pastel Draags keep leashes on the Oms, their tiny pets descended from humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
“The good thing about this model is that it doesn’t demand anything in return except for good journalism,” Oms said.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2018
Co-founder Carolina Oms has started to plan for the year ahead.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2018
By Oms, the dog of the lower regions, I shall find her," said old Souhem, "even if I have to walk living to the very confines of the Western Region to which travel the dead.
From The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Frederick C. de (Frederick Caesar de) Sumichrast
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